The Meaning of All These Eggs

“The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out.”

Okay, so that’s straight from Wikipedia, and pretty much what I was thinking I’d find if I looked up what an egg symbolizes.

Found some more tiny eggs today. I don’t know why I keep posting them. I’m hoping there is some significance in this–other than the fact that it’s spring. I’m a bit of a Pollyanna if you haven’t noticed. So I’m going to enjoy all these newfound treasures and pretend there is some greater meaning to it all cause this is my blog and I’m allowed to dream. Right?

A close up picture. The eggs are actually quite tiny.

The nest was at the base of a very small fir tree.

If you look closely you'll see the eggs. What a great hiding place.

“Faith is putting all your eggs in God’s basket, then counting your blessings before they hatch.” ~~Ramona C. Carroll

they look just like the ones we found in my parents grill…no we didn’t cook out, we left them to hatch! Maybe the significance is just a reminder that there is new life all around you to explore… just a reminder to strecth your wings!

I love finding things like this when out and about! They’re such a great reminder of how many incredible things there are in the world that you could just completely miss if you didn’t keep your eyes open.

There really is so much out there to discover. Sometimes, most times we are just in too much of a hurry and we miss out on a lot. Keeping our eyes open to new things is the best way to find these beautiful treasures.

Thanks, Carol. There’s a knack for finding nests and eggs. Walking through a Christmas tree lot and keeping ones eyes and ears open is key. You can usually tell when you get close to a nest, Mama flies or else she’s not far off making quite a racket.

I love watching the bird activity around here but now that June has arrived we’ve had to remove the birdfeeders because they attract bears. I don’t often see nests here… I think there are so many trees surrounding us that they can tuck themselves out of sight pretty easily. I’m thinking your eggs looks like Black-capped chickadee eggs, especially since you mentioned they’re pretty tiny. The nuthatches and certain wrens are a similar marking but larger, I think. One resource I like is Sialis website and here’s their chickadee page: http://www.sialis.org/nestschickadee.htm

Thanks for the link, Carol.. We know they’re definitely not chickadee. Mama is yellow with some rust through her chest and a rust coloured cap. She looks like some of the warblers in my book but they don’t have a dark head. I’ll have to keep looking see if I can find she. I think I have one more bird book to look at.